We start every hour of this week with a “hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino” from the incidental music in Shakespeare’s’ As You Like It. Bill rounds out each day with many different composers’ works influenced by all aspects of love.
It Was a Lover and His Lass
Playlist
Episode 1
Anonymous: It Was a Lover and His Lass (excerpt)
Ken ‘Snakehips’ Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind / It Was A Lover And His Lass
His Master’s Voice EA2871
:47 (excerpt)
Debussy: L’Isle Joyeuse, L 106
Kocsis, p.
Images / 2 Arabesques / L’Isle Joyeuse / Berceuse Héroïque
Phillips 422 404
6:12
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet; Love Scene (Adagio)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Giulini
Romeo And Juliet (The Orchestral Music)
His Master’s voice ASD 2606
16:52
Bizet: Flower Song fr. Carmen
Domingo, tenor
The Greatest Tenor Show On Earth
Decca 466 480
3:57
Dvorák: “Lasst Mich Allein,” Op. 82/1
Angelika Kirschschlager, s. Helmut Deutsch, p.
The Secret Of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto
Sony 73716
4:28
Dvorák: Cello Concerto In B Minor, Op. 104, III
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Robertson; Vogler, vc.
The Secret Of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto
Sony 73716
12:48
Elgar: Salut D’Amour, Op. 12
Kennedy, v.; Isserlis, c.; Pettinger, p.
Nigel Kennedy Plays Elgar
Chandos 8380
3:10
Dvorák: Lasst Mich Allein, Op. 82/1 (excerpt)
Vogler, vc.; Deutsch, p.
The Secret Of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto
Sony 73716
1:21
Episode 2
Morley: “It was a Lover and His Lass” (excerpt)
Musicians of the Globe/Pickett
Shakespeare’s Musick
Phil 446687
:30
Sibelius: Pelléas Et Mélisande, Op. 46 (excerpts)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Järvi
Symphony Nr. 6 Op. 104 / Pelleas & Melisande Op. 46
BIS 237
5:56
Debussy: Preludes and Interludes from Pelléas Et Mélisande
Cleveland Orch/Leinsdorf
Suite From “Pelleas And Melisande” (Arranged By Erich Leinsdorf) –
Sonata For Flute, Viola And Harp
Columbia Special Products AS 14141
9:45
Schoenberg: Pelléas Et Mélisande, I-III
Israel Philharmonic/Mehta
Schönberg, Sibelius, Fauré: Pelléas Et Mélisande
Sony 45870
11:13
Fauré: Pelléas Et Mélisande Suite, I-III
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Marriner
Fauré: Pavane, Pelléas & Mélisande
Decca 410552
12:35
Fauré: Pavane fr. Pelléas Et Mélisande
St. Louis Symphony/Slatkin
Encore!
BMG Classics 09026-68511-2
5:12
Mahler: “Ich atmet’ einen Linden Duft” fr. Five Rückert Songs
Cleveland Orchestra/Dohnanyi; Van Dam, bs.
Five Rückert Songs
Musical Arts Assn. 904
2:35
Episode 3
Harris: It Was a Lover and his Lass
Chicago A Capella
Shall I Compare Thee? – Choral Songs
Cedille 85
:45
Mozart: Grosse Messe c-moll KV 427: Credo – Et incarnatus est
Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bernstein; Augér, s.
Mozart: Great Mass in C minor K.427
DG 431791
7:50
Schumann: Drei Romanzen Op.22:
Nr.1 Des-Dur (Andante Molto)
Nr.2 G-Moll (Allegretto, Mit Zartem Vortrag)
Nr.3 B-Dur (Leidenschaftlich Schnell)
Van Keulen, v.; Brautigam, p.
Isabelle van Keulen; Ronald Brautigam
Koch 6554
8:54
Schumann: Romance, Op. 28, No. 2
Janis, Piano
Byron Janis II
Phillips 456 850
3:19
Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll
Staatskapelle Dresden/Runnicles
Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen – Highlights
Teldec 17109
17:47
Gershwin: “Our Love Is Here to Stay”
Blossom Dearie
Blossom Dearie
Verve Records UCCV 4084
3:10
Lobo: “Pra Dizer Adeus”
Karrin Allyson & Ens.
Imagina: Songs Of Brazil
Concord Jazz 30428
4:47
Jobim Lees: “Vinicius de Moraes” (excerpt) “Estrada Branca (This Happy Madness)“
Karrin Allyson & Ens.
Imagina: Songs Of Brazil
Concord Jazz 30428
2:15
Episode 4
Puccini: “Recondita Armonia” fr. Tosca
St. Cecilia Academy Orch./Patane
The Greatest Tenor Show On Earth
Decca 466480
3:08
Wagner: Vorspiel und Liebestode fr. Tristan und Isolde
Philharmonia Orchestra/Klemperer
Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album 1
EMI 47254
15:49
Tchaikovsky: “Do You Hear the Nightingale?” fr. Romeo & Juliet
Scottish Nat’l Orch/Järvi; Lewis, ten.; Murphy, s.
Rachmaninoff: The Bells
Chan 8476
13:03
Schubert: “Gretchen am Spinnrade,” D. 118
Upshaw, s.; Goode, p.
Goethe Lieder
Nonesuch 79317
3:32
Strayhorn: “Lush Life”
featuring Hartman, voc.; Tyner, p.; Coltrane, ten. Sax
My One And Only Love / Lush Life
Impulse! 45 218
5:28
Scott: “Annie Laurie”
King’s Singers
Annie Laurie: Folksongs Of The British Isles
EMI 54904
3:12
Finzi: “It Was A Lover and His Lass” fr. Let us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: No. 5
Milnes, bar.; Spong, p.
Sherrill Milnes in Recital Vol.2
VAI 1141
3:04
Schumann: Romance, Op. 28 No. 2 in F-sharp (excerpt)
Janis, p.
Great Pianists Of The 20th Century – Byron Janis
Phil 456850
2:58
Episode 5
Vaughan Williams: “It was a Lover and his Lass”
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, t.; Simon Keenlyside, b.; Graham Johnson,p.
Bax: Symphony No. 6
Naxos 8557144
:45 (excerpt)
Richard Strauss: Waltzes fr. Der Rosenkavalier
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Reiner
Symphony No. 5
Sony 64451
8:41
Mahler: Symphony No. 5: Adagietto
New York Philharmonic/Walter
GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No.1
Decca/ London 460 793
7:42, :45 (excerpt)
Wagner:Tristan und Isolde (excerpt)
Philharmonia Orchestra/Klemperer
Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album 1
EMI 47254
:31
Verdi: Othello (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Barenboim Fleming, s.; Domingo, t.
Renée Fleming – Prelude to a Kiss
Decca 460 793
10:03
Kreisler: Liebesleid
Mutter, v.; Orkis, p.
ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER Tango Song and Dance
DG 471 500
4:18
Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin
Mutter, v.; Orkis, p.
ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER Tango Song and Dance
DG 471 500
2:12
Gershwin:”Bess, You Is My Woman Now” fr. Porgy & Bess
Orch/Gershwin; Duncan, bar.; Brown, s. reh. & radio broadcast (7/19/1935)
Gershwin Performs Gershwin – Rare Recordings 1931-1935
Heritage Jazz 512923A
5:13
Jimmy Davis: “Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)”
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Sherman, Jimmy Ramirez, Roger “Ram”
3:23
Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert: Immense et rouge
Eric Amado
Chansons De Jacques Prévert
Van 6038
1:09
Francis Lemarque:
D’Amour et d’eau fraiche (Some Love and Some Cold Water)
Eric Amado
Chansons De Jacques Prévert
Van 6038
1:39
Rodgers & Hart: “My Funny Valentine”
Ella Fitzgerald
Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book
Verve 72582
3:54
Rodgers & Hart: My Funny Valentine (excerpt)
Gene Bertoncini, Bill Charlap & Sean Smith
Gene Bertoncini
Chiaroscuro CR 354
1:46